pontificate
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The carrying of the cross was performed by John Paul II during the first part of his long pontificate, which lasted from 1978 to 2005, and then by Benedict XVI on a more limited basis.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
The 70-year-old pope, born as Robert Prevost in Chicago and known for most of his life as “Bob,” has had a quiet start to his pontificate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
His pontificate was a steady point of authority in an increasingly unstable world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
The first South American pontiff passed away on Monday aged 88, marking the end of a 12-year pontificate.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
They pontificate upon the fluffiness of the popcorn, the sweetness of the chocolate.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
With his 10 years as pontiff, Francis has now reigned longer than the 7.5 years average length of the previous 265 pontificates.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023
It was enlarged over succeeding pontificates to its present size, which is now bigger than Vatican City itself.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
When Dudamel pontificates about music’s ability to unify communities and heal the soul, his voice comes through with pitch-perfect emotion.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022
“For someone who pontificates to be undyingly pro woman, I am disgusted by your behavior and find it appalling you couldn’t understand why their parents are angry,” Ms. Matthews wrote.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
The captain stands behind me at the helm, and pontificates to his congregation of one.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
In 2009, Christine Smallwood wrote an article for The Baffler in which she pontificated as to what the internet would look like, if it were made physical.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
On Monday’s episode of The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg pontificated on the matter for an entire segment, reading from Van der Velden’s apology before going in for the takedown.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025
I listened where before I might only have pontificated.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
Some recalled tales from the Cannes Film Festival; others debated the merits of different artificial intelligence platforms and pontificated on the future of “wearable AI.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
He pontificated and vaticinated from his retreat in the rue Saint-Sulpice, haranguing the reader with an apocalyptic language partaking in spots of the bitterness of an Isaiah.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
Rebecca Nagle: The part we all know is the part where Thomas Jefferson is pontificating about these enlightenment ideals.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026
Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
The White House, in response to those remarks, said Madden should “stick to pontificating about pump-and-dump fraud schemes instead of international trade,” as MarketWatch reported last year.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
Lamberth responded that Mitchell was pontificating on other proposals.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
“After all of your pontificating about the contortionist?”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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